Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 14.7% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Panama, 1997β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Panama is 14.7%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 13.3% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Panama peaked at 29.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 2007.
Panama ranks 87th of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.4% | 26.4% | 26.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 18.0% | 12.8% | 25.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 16.7% | 29.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 15.8% | 14.7% | 16.9% | 2 |
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More education data for Panama
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 19,072 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0047 units per person (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Panama was 14.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 29.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 2007.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Panama ranks 87th out of 102 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release